Cartooning the Head and Figure

I have pretty much all of Andrew Lommis' books on drawing but somehow still feel intimidated by FunWithAPencil probably because of its uber professionalism. But then I started taking a how to draw course by TheGreatCourses and was open and receptive to authors in the field of art I've never even heard of such as Jack. I stumbled across this book whilst researching his figure drawing book and decided to get Cartooning instead because I am a BASIC beginner whose decided to kill her ego and just go all the way way back to the basics. I love how this book doesn't intimidate or condescend me at all and instead shows that art can be begun by the most basic lopsided child's circle and still have personality! He's basically breaking down the human anatomy into its most basic shapes instead of hounding you with fancy Latin words and different parts of the anatomy that are drawn so meticulously that you don't know whether you are supposed to copy them down or not. The book is formatted in a surprisingly self paced feel which is interesting given the time it was created in- a time when everyone had to go to college conform and get a degree and a job and then just stick with what you got. But I absolutely love how Jack gives you just the right amount of information. This book is almost like an artists recipe with equal parts words for info and the FYI folks and equal parts pictures examples and demos! As one reviewer said about giving it as a gift to a ten year old and the ten year old just automatically classified it under "oh a book." *wompwompwooooomp* I wouldn't recommend this to a child simply because it'sA) educationalB) meant for the serious doodlerBesides, children these days in the year 2017 don't read or draw anymore, so why would you give them a book? For their birthday? I'd only recommend this book to the parents of a child who is obviously gonna be our next Stan Lee , with a serious imagination that just cannot be contained in ones head :)

I first got this book years ago, playing around with cartooning and such. Been doing it ever since and have bought this book a few times over to replace used and beat up copies. This particular copy I bought for a 10 year old's birthday. And being 10 years old, he opened it and classified it under 'oh a book' and went outside to play with his birthday party buddies. But that's what kids do. Ha ha, what a shame, cause this book is great.Great reference book for different angle hands, postures, and especially the section on facial expressions, which is cross referenced with each other.There is a lot of information in this book, and very clearly, er, illustrated. Your reading it to help learn and practice drawing, not learn a history of cartooning or how to make a living doing this, and the book doesn't weigh itself down with these things.If you need a good practice reference book, pick it up. I would find it hard to believe, if anyone happened to mention, that any western cartoonist didn't have this on his desk or within easy reach.Standard book for a cartoon artist's collection.If your thinking of buying this but worrying about it's publication date, remember that cartooning hasn't changed that much. The mediums have, but you still have to cartoon the head and figure. Pencils and Ink will never die, regardless of the advancement of RGB graphic assimilation.

A great cartooning book at a nice price.

As an amateur cartoonist and animator, I found this book to be a fantastic one for quick reference and tips. I feel that the only downside, and it really isn't that big of a deal, is that a lot of the text in the book is referencing the world of cartooning from 1967. It doesn't bother me at all but I could see how others might be turned off by it. Also, believe it or not, the beginning of this book is really inspirational. It gives the reader encouragement to just draw away and not worry about it. Highly recommend.

I loved it! I'm in 60's. Many pages with many pictures choices for drawing. I draw first, kind of messy. Second time, I draw good, next and next again, soon. I drew each four drawing at each 15 mins fast! I was surprised how easy to following from the book. I feel confident. It's a good starter for me after so many years I haven't drawn and painting since high school. I was good at drawing anything in my high school plus I had yellow ribbons for best art.

I've bought over 15 books about cartooning and drawing, and I think this one is of the best works about the subject. At least, it's the best for those who want to practise or review comic drawing systematically. It contains hundreds of real examples, from a variety of artists, with any kind of styles... It's an amazing selection of hands, faces, legs, costumes, etc. The explanations are also excellent. E.g., if you need to draw a fat sad woman in her sixties, you can bet you'll find an example, very easy to search for. It only has a slight fault: the examples are a bit old-fashioned (50's).This book has been worth for me every cent spent on it.

The book highlights all easy to draw , heads , faces, hands. It is a great reference book for drawing cartoon figures. I highly recommend it to any cartoon artist.

This is more than a "beginners" book even if the content and format appear somewhat "dated." Every aspect of cartooning and a section on caricature(ing) make it a valuable resource...so complete in its coverage of the subject that anyone will be able to begin cartooning immediately. Some basic courses in figure drawing at a local community college or accredited art school who offer "community classes" are cherries that might be added to the already tasty, full-calorie treat contained in this volume.

As a beginner I got more than 10 books of this matter and trust me when I tell you, this one is the best you can find!A lot of examples, real step by step images, HUGE library of eyes, noses etc etc and text that tells you a lot, yet it's written easy with minimum words needed, simply perfection from the authors!

Very good. The drawing style is a little dated, but the insights and lessons are invaluable.

It's an amazing start for the wanna be cartoonists

Un clásico del "cartoon" USA. Muy útil para aprender/mejorar a crear personajes.In English, of course ;)

Bouquin vraiment génial, avec une multitude d exemples , vraiment complet chaque partie du corps avec ses expressions est étudiées , même si le livre est en anglais il est très facile de comprendre les thèmes abordés